Ms Cherie Foong is Permaisuri’s “Iron Lady”. Being the first female participant who represented this area group to participate in last year’s Ironman Race in Langkawi, she is also nonetheless the most active female member in the group. Besides running, the 33 year-old is actively involved in multi-event sports like the biathlon, duathlon, and the half Ironman, This has in fact, put a lot of guys her age (or younger) to shame.

“I have done an Ironman, 6 triathlons, and 5 Powerman.races. As for running events, I have completed 3 full marathons and countless numbers of half marathons,” recalls the Manager of an insurance company after a short pause trying to recount them in order.

When asked about her best achievement in her entire sporting “career”, Cherie replied : “Oh! I won RM600 for the Powerman race. It was great! Reminiscent the Powerman, I had a great time as well as not so good ones. I still remember I was not well on the day of the Powerman. However I persisted and finished the race. I passed out upon reaching the finishing line!”
“It was tragic! I could still remember those who were around me giving me aides and so forth. Of course, the prize money came as a bonus”, said the Pudu girl who started running 2 years ago.

"My most memorable run would be the Penang Bridge Run 2003 because I managed to help Brandon (another member from Permaisuri) complete his full marathon. There two achievements made that day – one was that Brandon finished a full marathon and secondly I managed to be part of the achievement. It is indeed very enriching.”, said the Iron Lady as she gazed elsewhere reminiscing that day.